The Guardian have this on Elphicke: It seems clear that, on housing policy at least, Elphicke is much closer to Labour than the government. She may even end up being to the left of a cautious Starmer… (View Post)

Most of what we need to do is invisible to most people - e.g. using one type of machine to generate electricity rather than another. The people who have done most to delay the transition are - surpri… (View Post)

If the weather patterns shift enough then some places currently relied upon for agriculture become no longer productive. This has always happened to an extent with year to year changes in weather pat… (View Post)

Greenland Ice Sheet relatively slow, because it will melt in situ. Possibly a couple of thousand years to completely melt. But the Nile Delta becomes useless for agriculture because of salt long befo… (View Post)

2.5 degrees dooms the Greenland Ice Sheet. You lose a lot of valuable river deltas and agricultural land as a result, plus almost all existing coastal infrastructure. The consequences for rainfall pa… (View Post)